Venus Williams reaches Wimbledon 2nd round
Published : 03 Jul 2017, 22:03
DF-Xinhua Report
Venus Williams of the United States returns the ball during a women's singles first round match with Elise Mertens of Belgium on Day 1 at the Championships Wimbledon 2017 in London on Monday. Photo Xinhua.
Five-time champion Venus Williams fought off tenacious challenge from debutante Elise Mertens of Belgium to win the first round match at Wimbledon here on Monday.
The 37-year-old Williams, who won here for the last time in 2008, took one hour and 40 minutes to win 7-6 (7), 6-4. The former world No. 1 will next play China's world No. 55 Wang Qiang.
The match was interrupted by rain when Williams led 5-3 in the second set. Mertens, 20, managed to hold her serve to put it 4-5 before Williams served for the victory.
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